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Solar Impulse 2 lands in California after Pacific leg
2016-04-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: An experimental plane flying around the world without a single drop of fuel landed in California after a two-and-a-half day flight across the Pacific. Piloted by Swiss explorer and psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard, Solar Impulse 2 touched down in Mountain View just before midnight (3 a.m. ET). "It's a new era. It's not science fiction. It's today," Piccard told CNN from California after his successful voyage. "It exists and clean technologies can do the impossible." Images of the elegant solar aircraft,...
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Solar-powered plane lands in California after Pacific crossing
2016-04-24 11:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Solar Impulse 2, an experimental plane flying around the world without consuming a drop of fuel, has landed in California, one leg closer to completing its trailblazing trip. "The Pacific is done, my friend. I love it, but it's done," said clearly relieved Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who piloted the craft from Hawaii to California, just before landing late Saturday. "It's great to be in California, the land of pioneers," he said once on the ground, with Google co-founder and alternative...
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It's Time for California Air Quality Regulators to Focus on Low-Income Areas, Lawmakers Say
2016-04-22 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: It has been called the most important climate change agency in the world, with a budget that might soon reach $1 billion, a four-fold increase in the last decade. The California Air Resources Board's unremarkable name belies its power to influence how much you pay at the gas pump and the car you`ll be driving in 30 years. The agency`s growing influence over environmental issues and the economy has increasingly led to tension among state lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor has counted...
Largest public EV charging center in California opens in Santa Clara
2016-04-21 10:56:11| Green Car Congress
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Clean air advocate: California has nation's dirtiest air
2016-04-20 03:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Millions of Californians live in places with dirty air, according to an annual report card issued Wednesday that ranks two major urban areas in the state as the nation's most polluted. Bakersfield tops the list for having the most unhealthy days from airborne particles spewed by highway traffic, diesel trucks, farm equipment and fireplaces, the American Lung Association's State of the Air 2016 report says. Los Angeles remains the nation's leader in harmful ozone pollution from car tailpipes emitting...
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